[moe.ron]

I'm going to ignore the weapon side of it, instead will concentrate on the benefit of nuclear power over petroleum. Nuclear is a better option then fossil fuel.

Nuclear power is better for the environment and doesn't pollute like petroleum and other fossil fuels like coal.

Yes nuclear waste is bad but it's small and contained. It doesn't spread into the air and shorten people's lives via repiratory diseases, it doesn't cause acid rain, it doesn't put mercury into the air and later into fish, etc.

One tiny nuclear pellet can produce the energy of 100,000 tons of coal.
Think of all the environmental pollution and destruction just to get the coal out of the ground.
Then think of all the pollution after it's burned.

Unforntunately, the first use of nuclear power was the bomb which makes most people scared of it.

Things like Three Mile Island where the radiation released was about the amount from a common chest x-ray get blown out of proportion in the media.

Nuclear waste is not desireable but it's better than burning fossil fuels.